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ineo*.istent with oac4 otho. to tho sit(l44"on of Spain he could not 'think it desperate ; he poilj4 pot believe that a errantry rc - nly cktermined to main tuine its national independenc9 against s foreign in viiiat, goal(' he thoroughly subingstd. If the re veise #tiould turn out to he the case, it would be a new and niost tremendtins le. son to mankind. As long as Spain continued true to itself, every effort would be made by this country in its aid s without tpipptely examining, the internal regolations of the pountry, or considering whether they wcro such as Pill* wisdom might not amend. Lord H. PeTti and Sir V. Buitpep: shortly The 4mendinent was then, negatived without a diviOon, and the Address Was .then put and agreed 10. DISTILLATION. The rfonso then went . 2 ,infO a Committee, the ph4iii l la 4 of which was insirOcd. to move for leave to' bring in a Bill to suSpend, until forty days after the con mencement of the next Session of Parlia r-11:ml, the, Pistillation in dt'eat Britain of Spirits from train subjeEting the suspension to•be taken off by the Crown, if ii prodn6tive.harvest, or any other eir pnrnstance, shOtild render such a step advisable: 7 — The'l-louse haying beep resumed, leave was granted aceoraingly.' The - second reading of the Militia Enlistment Bill was postponed until to-morrow.--Adjourned at Half pasawelve. . . F r or ß the LONDOA , GAZETTE, Jun. 31 , Isog. Aimiralty-Office, Jan. 31. 180 g. xtra6l of a Letter from Vkce_Mrniral Lord CoWilmot:4, ' 'Cornritander in 'Chief .of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Meditetranean - ; to 'the Hon. W. W. Pole, dated on board the Ocean: off i Ttitilon; - the Ist Dec. 1808. The Excellent havingTheen relieved on the ser yice at ItOsas liy Or' Fairte . , joined me the 24th, and Captain West gave me a relation of events that b.ive lately occurred there, in his Letter dated the 21st ultimo, which I inclose, together with a List of killed and wounded seamen and marines of that s:iip and the Meteor Botni) employed on the same service, - . But for the, presence, of his Majesty's Ships in that Bay, and the powerful assistance which Cap lain We 4, with the cotnpanies of those' Ships, af fordeti the Spaniards both on shore and by the fire twru them there is every reason to believe the Ci tadel of 4asas and Castle of . the Trinity would both have fallen ; they were ill ; provided with every thing necessary for a siege; wtirks of the Citadel in bad repair, -and the garrison not sufficiently numerous for the duties of its defence. ' . „ Captain 'West's ahility and the valour and perse verance'of his Officers and' men, removed as many 9.lthese deae6ts as,it was Possible, apd gave such se vere checks to the Enemy as made it necessary they should preceed by rules of art against a place that with their great force they intended to take by a Coup de Main e which has given ample time for the Spanish Government to reinforce the garrison, and leplenidt the stores, &c. of this important Post. The french have on this occasion practised those arts which Frenchnied area very ex,i=it so. A person was employed, it seems, to intercept the letters writ ten to Colonel O'Daly; the Commandant of the Garrison of Rosas, to the Supreme Junta of Gerona; and they were two or three weeks without' hav ing any knowledge of what was passing :—at the same time their emissaries gave out that the English had taken possession of the Fortress, and au:Tended the Spanish Officer frOm the duties of his. office. The Junta -wrote to Captain West, in forming hint of part of these reports, and begging. Ile would inform them of the circumstances which hadcauscd this change. It Wail afterwards discovered to have been an artifice of the Eueny to prevent re inforcements corning. In another instance the French have shewn much art, by abandoning their usual system of terror, de aolation, and plenal. • and in the neighbourhood of Pigueras and Ros'as Lye lately treated the Spanish inhabitants with more kindness to their nersons, and forbearance of. their properly, endeavouring to at tach them by a feigned moderation. The Spaniards are very sensible ,and vary ,gt'ate fel for the support given to them by.the English ; the animating example of Captain West, his Skill . , and the,gallantry of his Officers and men, is deserv ing of eery praise; in the sortie he made at the bead of his seamen and marines, when they at tacked the Enemy's advanced post, and rescued the l'alquelets, their eondud - and their courage was admirable; several men were wounded, and Captain West's horse was shot under him, before they were obliged to retire, to prevent being , cut off by the Cavalry, which was advancing for that purpose.— Captain Collins, of the Meteor, conducted the buni bardment with great. ability, and was indefatigable -in the annoyance he gave the Enemy by it. Lieu-' tenant Howe, of the Royal Mariries, belonging to the Excellent, commanded a detachment of that Corps,. which wan thrown into , the Castle of Trinity tar its defence ; and in two assaults made by the 'Enemy with large bodies of troops, this Officer, 'and the marine's under his coramand,.Vere highly, distinguished fer the gallantry which - they.displayed end the resources they found, where almost 'every eiing was wanting. The Enemy suffered a very considerable loss of men in thew assmilt - si but onlss melt urea have peen tbk , :n to raise the siege, I stn apprehensive this very important Post will' be mduced. t•lis Majesly's Ship Excellent, Rooas Bay, SIR, . • ' • 'Nov. , 21,, 148. 1 have anxiously waited an opportunity to inform t " our LordshiP Of the it.vestment of this Port by the (limy, with a ford' computdd at five or six thousand CIL __ On the evening of the 6th instant, .the Enemy obsetved in mourn) between Figueras aria Pastilit'rh; and, on the following morning, was in tb topic e pessesSion of the heights that' entompais this - [0 f the same day at noon, a small body'of chetny entered the tuwn'of Resas, which, in an instant, was'cleared Of its inhabitants; who either fkil Co their beats or the citadel'for yr,oteaion i'w . ell-diret•led tire from the Exeellentand 14;1ettor t)(..h within I ,, , int - -blank,,shot of the' town, At ; o g , ..d t!! t., iyet.ci!litatery,', retire. On tho, first' ytopt , : , r:ince 'of til t ! Enen)y;:eiOntiel Q ) Daly, 66( , erti.5 . : of thislortre.i matte aptilicatien id' Me fvi'a3 , .i , tatlee, 'when' I' itotnedtatelp., rttititiiiced Ills tivi'Zxixlicui; (with eXeCl*4'. l ) of an 401 94 men, W)g) had been previensli detached to Fort Trinite,) and an Offeer and Ao seamen. On the 7th, the Enemy took possession of several houses and ruins in the rear of the town as an advanced post, front which he was repeatedly dislodged by 'the Citadel and the guns and shells of his Majesty's Ships in the Bay.— On the Bth, at noon,. observing a body of Migeelets 'hard pressed by the. Enemy trom their advanced post, I was induced to make a sortie from XheCila del with the seamen and marines, and the Officers commanding ihem, but the very superior' force of the enemy i . who endeavoured to surround us, obliged ns to retire, but not till my Officers and men bad displayed a spirit and courage which gave me.the most lively satisfaCtion: I am sorry lam .obliged by this little affair to send your Lordship a return of wounded inert. Late on the evening of the oth I received from the Governor the unpleasant advice, that a large breach was made in the ram part of The Citadel by a part of the bulwark falling down, sufficiently ca pacious to admit twenty-five men abreast. I prof fered to the Governor every assistance' that the ur gency of the moment required,,and diretaed Captain Collins to immediately weigh and place the Meteor as near the shoal as possible; to flank the breach in the event of an attack. I sent at the same time two boats to enfilade the beach with the carron ades ; fortunately the lateness of the hour precluded the Enemy gaining information of the event. , The ' following morning I sent an Officer and a party of seamen to assist in repairing the breach, direCting the seamen and marines in the citadel to, be em. ployed on the same service. By every exertion the rampart was placed in a state of security for the night, the defence of which was entrusted to an Officer and forty seanien, whom I sent on shore for that purpose. On the third day I was happy to see , the repair completed, and the work as defensible as it was previeurto the disaster. On the morning of the 15th instant, at eight o'clock, the Enemy made a nio4t resolute assault on the Fort Trinite with about two hundred men, and a reserve of about two thousand to support them. The Enemy was bravely repulsed ; but in a moment again advanced in greater force, when two of the outer gales were broke open ; but by a most galling and steady lire of tuusquetry.and baud grenades from the fort, the enemy was%a second time obliged to retire with great loss, leaving their. Leader, a 'Chief of Brigade, and manYothers, dead un der its walls 4 and 'the second in command carried off desperately wounded. Expeding a third. assault would be made, I threw in a reinforcement of thirty marines; with a Captain and Subaltern, by means of a rope ladder, which was effected withunt loss, and `with one man but slightly wounded during an inces sant fire of musquetry. I cannot speak in terms of sufficient praise of the Officers, and men in their glorious defence of Fort Trinit6, on which occasionfive marines were wound» ed, anclOne Spaniard ; but I have the satisfaCtion to inclose to yourself a letter I have received from the Spanish Officer commanding its. Garrison, which does him great hosiour. No further attempt was made on this fort till the 201 h inst. when the Enemy opened a battery of three heavy guns from a height commanding it; but as yet i , has made no impression on its walls. The Lu cifer Bomb had been throwing her shells the two preceding days to prevent the Enemy making a lodge anent oh this height ; btu was compelled to retire, after being • struck three times by the battery.— During the previous night the Enemy threw up an extensive intrenchment three hundred yards from the Citadel, and at day-break opened a fire upon the Ships in the bay from three large mortars, which obliged us to retire out of their reach : the Bomb Vessels, from having a longer range of shells than the Enemy, were enabled to throw them with e Fort Trinit6, from lilt insulated situation and strength, I ant of opinion, may stand a long siege. But I am not so sanguine with respell to the Citadel, whose garrison is very inadequate to its defence, and having, as I conceive; a vulnerable point, I waited on the Governor on Sunday last; to take: my leave, when he inlormed me, that he was in expeaation of a reinforcement; but I am apprehensive the blockade* of the Enemy in. Barcelona wilt. prove an obstacle to his expected success. lieg leave to conclude this Dispatch tp your Lordship, by expressing how highly satisfied I have beeu with the conduct of the Officer.; and company of the Ship I have the honour to command, as like wise of those of the Meteor and'Lucifer . Aombii, commanded by Captains Collins and Hall, whose great exertions dul - ing the arduous and must fatigo. ing ,service, they have imperiously ,been called- 1 upon to perform, retied the greatest. credit upcin them. I have, &T. (Signed) ,JOI-IN WEST.; Right Hon. Vice. Admiral Lord Collingwo9d, &c. List of Men belonging to Isis Majesty's Shia tlfc 'Excellent, who were wounded in Attion with the Eirriny between the Silt and 16th Days of November, aBob, ui kiasas Buy, • Itobeft Palmer, Seaman. John Sands, ditto. Francis D. Colce, ditto, dangerously. lames Lambe; 'Wine', Dir. litti: Closhin, ditto, badly. john MiNeal, Seaman, slightly. W. BroWn, Serjeant of Marinefi,.. stightly. Edward Ma. gennis, Seaman. James Roberts,: Marro e.. Peter fly Son, ditto. James Martin, SCJITIAII, tallith.' Tohii Burrows, ditto, badly.: 'oho Smith, Ma;ine. john Brady, ditto, dan'gerously. Wni, Wilson,. ditto, 16th ,Novernber, t 308.• Losesph Hanwood, ditto, slightly. john, Richard.: son, (Info, slightly.. john M'Clarty, Seamar, slightly. Dennis Garrett, ilitto,'badly.—Total rtj. List of Men wounded in His Majesty's Ship Meteor, while engaging the Loewy in the Bay of ltosas, b e t we e n th e 7t i t anti Goth days of Novembei, David Kerr, Gunner of the loyal Marine Artillery, lost both his arms. George Gale, ditto, slightly. los. Haynes, ditto, slightly. Thomas Johnson, Seaman, a fradure. Beitian ItßUSiittO, ditto, slightly. "'George nat. tcr.Master.—Tot4l 6. _ . ilibuirally-ufficf 2 fan . 3 1. 0 ' 1800. , Extract °rowdier Letter train Vice. Atimirol Lord Caging. Woad, to the lion. W. W. Pale, dated on board the theop, December, 14, iLB. My letter-of the Ist instant would inform you of. the enemy haying laid Siege to ffie Cistle of Rosa's, and of the measures takeie by the British ships in that ply in aid of the -Spaniards for its defence. The Scout joined the spfactrOn off Toulon on the 7th, and by Iferi received further accounts from Capt. Bennett, of tke.Parne, of the progress the ettethy w as ma king against that iuiporlattt fortress. Capt. Lord Cochrane has Maintained him4elfld ihe pas:gession of Trinite Castle with with great ability and'heroistn ; although time Fort is laid open by the breach' in its works, he has sustainedand repelled seyeral , assiultc, !laving famed' a sort Of 'rampart Within thi) breit . ch, with, his ship's haw** ddhs ; .4wn;ngs, &c. AllO4 with ;An t i and rubbbish. Ihe zeal and energy with which he has maintained that fortress, excites the , highest admira lioni. Hi s resourc e s for every exigency have no end. Spanish Governer of this Castle is woUnded, and on beard the Meteor. lAwning-street, Jan. 30, 1809. The King - has been graciously pleased to appoint Brigadier-General the Honourable Charles William . Stewart, to be Governor of Fort Charles in the Island of Jamaica. Crimm-Office, Jzn. 3t, 1163. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIIE PRESENT PARLIAMSNT. Borough of Westbury—Francis %%think. Esq, in the room Glynn Wynn, Esq. who has accepted the Chiltern Hun dreds. BAINKRUPT.V. William Proaor, late of Great Eating, dealer in hay and straw, to surrender, Feb . 4, 14, and march 14, at one, at Attornies, Messrs.. Gale and Son, Bedford. street Bedford row. Richani Fox, of Rigby, Warwick, scrivener, dealer and chapman, on Feb. is, 16, and March 14, at eleven, at the George Inn, Coventry. Attornies, Messrs. Kinderly, Long, and Ince ' Gra) l s- Inn ; anti Edward Feilding Pal-' mer, Coleshill,Warwickshire., Job dam, of Trowbridge, Wilts, • carpenter, dealer, and :•' chapinan, Feb. 13, 14, and March 14, at eleven, at the George Inn, Trowbridge. Attornies, Mr. Timbrell, Trowbridge; and Messrs. Debary and Derby, Inner Temple:, • I'KiCE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TIYLLV O'CLOCK. Consols . 66i ' l ', Red. Ann. . • 67) THE SUN. &QLLM UUZS DIM'S VtLSUM AUDIAT ? L 0 N D 0 N, WEDNESDAY, PEISEUARY 1, 1809. We are happy to state that the Hindoslan ,has ar- 7 rived at Plymouth from Vigo, with 700 Troops on board.--The Alfred, with the Transports trom Vigo, have all arrived safe in the Channel. the Gibraltar Mail which arrived yesterday, brought aver a confirmation of the defeat of .the . French before Saragossa on the 3d ult. with very Con. siderable loss, we believe above 4000 men. 'We know, however; from subsequettt accounts, that the French had received large reinforcements after their defeat, and that the place was closely invested;., and we very.much fear that, cut off es it now; is from assistance, it will not be able to hold out much longer. - 'Ws have this day inserted the four French Bul letins, at length, the substance of which we giVe yesterday. They are, as usual, f nll at exaggerations and falsehoods ; but it cannot escape the 'observa tion of our Readers, that BUONAPARTR has consi derably changed his tone in speaking of the British Army. By the Packet from the Leeward Islands, letters have. been received 'from Bt. Thomas's of the 29th of December. They announce the arrival at that Island of A fast sailing vessel froth Virginia, from whence the voyage arthat season is usually perform ed in six or eight days. These letters, after men tioning the sailing of the. Packet frOm `New York for England on the 14th of December, state, that since the departure of that Packet, the 'Non-inter cOurse All; which had at , that time bean proposed and submitted to the House of Representatives, had, after much warm disctission in both Houses, been passed into a law, and . Was to operate equally against Fiance and England. The letter we allude to has. been received by a Merchant of eminence, and implicit credit,is attached to its contents. Asa prelude, to the subjugation of Martinique, we haVe to announce, the occupation •)f the, strong tort, . called Pigeon Island, which is situated in the Aar bout of Martinique. It was taken by the Circe Fri ! . gate, after a most-obstinate,contcit, in which the Circe was dreadfully disabled. The British flag Was flying on the fort On the 2(ith December. We copy the following from an. Antigua Paper of the (4,3 Li December : " From an Officer arrived here belonging to his Majesty's Schooner Elizabeth, we learn that Pigeon Island, off Martinique, has been taken by the Circe Frigate, Capt. COLLIER, after a sevete engagement. Capt. COLLIER, hid Officers and Men, are in pos session of the forts and fortifications. The Circe, we understand, is in a sinking state." Pigeon Island is a most important e oiition, the possession of which will greatly facilitate the descent and operations of our troops: It is situated on the westward side of the Island, in the harbour, (routs She town of Martinique, and commands the naviga lion.• A bag of letter's was received yesterday morning at , the Foreign most-Otlice from Heligoland. The. situ ation of the small garrison, consisting, .we believe, of between 450 and 500 men, from one of the Royal Veteran Battalions, is said to be deplorable, in con sequence of the Provision Transports having been, prevented by the ice and the severity of the weather . from approaching the Island. The, troops are repbrt ed td have been on short allowance for seqeral. weeks, and the few wretched inhabitants, who re mained in the Island, are reduced to. the last extre mity. Oa .Monday night. the shipping and craft of all description* on the River suffered great damage, from the violence of the wind, and the number of tiers that broke adrift from the Tower, downwards, througlotte Pool, carrying. all other shipping away that they. came in contatt with, exceeds any thing Of the kind for many years past. esterday the tide rose over the bank in Old Pa lace-yard, and the water extended as far as the door . of'Weittninter-hall. The Passengers and Lawyers were compelled to, walk a considerable distance round the flood, .to get intro the Hall with dry feet; Monday night a '-house in George-alley, Fleet Market, 'tell clOwn, from the effeci of t he . hign wind, by Which'a wOrnan,.:Who 'g,ained her livelihood by portering in the Atarkets, 'wag, with hsr infant child, cluihed to dettia: 4 " ' • • SZCOND EDITION. ARRIVAL OF BUONAPAR'TE 'AT PARIS. ,Th stop the Press to state that a Cartel is arrived from Cherbourg, which place she left on Friday last. —The accounts brought by it are, that Buoy,. PARTS arrived at Paris on the ead ult. that ho pub listhed Bulletins, in which he boasts of having takeo , 3000 British Prisoners, and two millions or Dollark NAVAL N . WS. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 30.—During a violent gale of wind .at S. W. yesterday, the Louisa Transport, marked X. B. was driven on shore on the Rocks in Catwater, and will, in all probability, go to piece; slie is laderi.with hay. Shortly afterwards the Swe. dish Brig Elizabeth, BULLEN, from Dublin, bound to St. ebes, in ballast, was driven on shore near the same place, and bilged. • At twelve o'clock, a Boat belonging to the Pea cock Sloop of War, broke adrift from the stern of • that Ship, With three men on Ward her, and owing to the tremendous gale of wind and heavy sea, 111° ' Boat was driven among the breakers on Mount Bat• ten, and swamped, and two of the crew iirownoci4 Arrived-the Hindosian, of 50. guns, from vigo, with about 700 troops, on board; kt is reported ttlat the remainder of the troops have all embarked from that plaoe l op board Transports. The liope, Goon* MAR 64'1 - Liverpool, bound to 'ortsmouth. SHEERNESS, JAN. 3a.-4t blew the most tramp' dolls' gale at the Nore that has been experienced for many years Rist ; it was with great difficulty t ha Men of War rode it o ut with their yards and LOP . masts struck. The Namur rolled so much front tho sudden squalls, that one of her carronades upse t from the slide on,t he forecatle. The Neuth Sloop, of Swansea, rolled away her mast and bowsprit by the board. A Brig is on shore near the Isle 01 Grain—name unknown, but hopes are enteroin o `of her getting off. . . His Majesty's Ship Galatea drove from her Mar i all her boats but one were stove; fortua.ool do lives Were lost. • • • Poarsmourn, JAN...31,—,1n "addition to Yes tet• •day's list, we are now enabled to state the danlage 2 sustained by the gale of wind among the shipo4 here, which are as follows Tie Brig Aurora, C ampbell; Brig Union, Legr. ,„ s Bark Dii.ointic„ cobs duo, boo to, opurto. ( lalthail, 13i b I 44.:ktiOn A.vga, m ; rust ; it Icharit. 1,4 11 1. 01 : 2 : ;; ( 1 bound to St. 'tines ; 'Hope, Mall, With loss of anchors cables. Perseverance, Brand, from London, bound to Opolvs on shore in Stokes bay and full of water. The Brig Dinettes* of Northumberland, Hillery bound to Lisbon w ith loss, sprit, fore-mast and main.top-mast. Bark Hit or Miss, Svial loss of both authors and cables, also bowsprit and fine-0 07 i and likewise on shore; Hibernia, Murdock, on shore, loss of anchor and cable; Saturnus, Ashborgh, from (.; oil ril; burgh, bound to Cadiz, with loss of anchors and cables' AM on shore; Enterptize, Johnson ; Jenny, Craigie, flook o l ville, .bound to London, with loss of anchors and cables. 0 ,,," on shore,'the latter of which is full of water. Nimrod, ley, with loss of rudder and other damages ,• Jane, Lug!' 7 l ' carried away fore - rigging and cat-head ; How,M i ddlenig,w 4 with her • bows stove in by being moon shore, and 1ui4 1° , 4 water ; the Slop 'Caton, Norman, .. from Bristo l ; and In a ' others, the names of which we have not been able to riser '' tain. DEAL; JAN. 31.—Came down from the NW Majesty's Ship Castor, and remains in the Daw ils with his Majesty's Ships, Sm. as per last. The Henry Addington, Carnatic, Persevero c4 and the Nottingham East Indiatnen, and sever 3 t other outward-bound Vessels ; the Ship HORP, from Quebec. for London, is riding in t h° Downs, disnaasted, having drove foul of hs Majes t l 'a Shit) Trusty last night in' the gale. Several % r o se 's have lost anchors and cables, The Apollo and Lb ° kwo Indi a rne4 wrecked on the Goodwin Sand s ' are gone entirely to pieces; the boats have gone c'` lt to save what they can. In..••••••••• FALMOUTH, JAN. 30.--This morning the Duke of Kent and Chesterfield Packets broke from their fo' }°c. hip, and went on shore, but got off with littl e damage the ilmericit, Cot-BOURN, from New Bruf wick, parted fro th her • cables, and run on Sho rv k ; she carried away the foremast kind bowsprit of t i" George Transpbrt, and the bowsprit of the Ameri,c3ll Ship Cincinnatus. The Birth-day of the late Mr. Fox. was celebot el last week . at Edinburgh, and about -170 persona afir e preaetit,, a. circumstance : that spews his popnlaP l l was In her, in that city than could reasonably be es" 'peaed. • Monday evening, about eight o'clock, a ferry-b° 3 '' with eleven persons in it, going from Duk . eStw r° : , I.,imeheuse, to Glob e S ta i rs , R o the r hithe, upset , consequence of the high wind, and seven of t heir were unfortunately drowned ; the remaining' . fnu r were saved by several boats from the shippiniX. CORN-ExCHANGE, FEB. L.—There is but an it'' considerable supply of Wheat to-day, and . aca r f any fine' samples, sales, are heavily wade at gal low,er prices Barleyin tolerable plenty and cheaper./ Malt also ; Rye rater dearer ; Grey Pease at leu and Bgan,s vary but little; there are co nsiaeran supplies of Oats, and sales thereof are again (1 01 c" olapaper ; Flour without alteration. DIAD. • -On Snntlay night, at her mother's houpe in. Uppers W • nd Moilf-titreet, Miss Longhorn, daughter tne late Sir I Langhatu liorf and s'ster to Sir William Langlioni• Ha t ". / • i • - 13o~v:strecr),` and ; 1 1 : 2! C S it ti l ail " " 1 . (Of 5°14. LoyDON Printed. by R. HARII,I3 (Of Martlill•C O°l6,